16 March, 2006

Happy St. Urho's Day



St. Urho is the patron saint of Finnish vineyard workers:

As legend has it, he was responsible for saving the Finnish vineyards from a swarming outbreak of locusts. His method of control -a pitchfork and some strong words. "Heinäsirkka, heinäsirkka, meine täättä hiiteen" or roughly translated to English "Grasshopper, grasshopper, get the hell out of here," was enough to eradicate the hoards of locusts from the vineyard.

So cook up some fish stew and sip some wine!

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